Episode 40- Speaking with Jimmy Palmiotti about Comics, Heroes and Passions.
Earlier this year I began talking with Jimmy Palmiotti on Twitter about his comics, passions and his life in the industry and we finally met in person at the Birds Of Prey world premiere and it was a great moment. Recently I asked Jimmy if he would like to come on to my Podcast and talk about his career in comics and also his latest creation, Pop Kill, that he has created with Dave Johnson. This story sounds insane and I can’t wait to find out more!
I was so pleased when he agreed to come on as there is so much I wanted to ask! We had a lengthy chat about so much and to hear somebody speak so passionately about their characters and the comic industry was a joy.
Where you can listen:
Apple Podcasts/ Deezer/ Soundcloud / Spotify / Stitcher
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Where to find Jimmy online:
Instagram/Twitter.
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Topics of discussion:
3:46 Starting in Comics
7:01 Eternity Comics
8:00 Working at Marvel
10:30 DC Comics
12:50 Gargoyles
16:00 Powergirl
17:00 Bringing Harley Quinn back with Amanda Connor
20:00 Coming to London for the Birds Of Prey premiere
25:50 Proudest career moments
29:30 Pop Kill and crowd funding
32:57 Childhood heroes and Superman comics
34:55 Legion Of Superheroes pitch
39:40 Harley Quinn and The Birds Of Prey book
41:08 Dan Didio and pushing boundaries and what didn’t make it.
44:00 Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
45:12 Faith in James Gun and SS2.
46:00 Marvel VS DC
47:17 Why comics are important
50:50 Comic show and tell
54:24 Harley has a baseball bat and so does Jimmy…
58:38 Why are Superheroes still needed?
